4 dead, 1 hurt in wrecks overnight in Houston area

By Dale Lezon |
February 14, 2014
| Updated: February 14, 2014 8:32pm

Four wrecks that occurred overnight in the Houston area left four people dead and another injured.

The latest crash happened at about 3 a.m. Friday on FM 1959 near the Gulf Freeway in southeast Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. Police said a 47-year-old man was driving a blue Honda motorcycle eastbound on the road when he hit a curb. He was thrown from the motorcycle. The man was rushed to Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Earlier, Mark Licon and Trevor Cole died in another crash that happened at about 1 a.m. Friday on East Cedar Bayou near Lynchburg in east Harris County, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies said Licon was the driver and Cole was the passenger in a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder that was traveling eastbound on East Cedar Bayou at a high rate of speed. When they passed over a railroad crossing, Licon lost control of the SUV, which careened from the road and slammed into a concrete culvert at a private driveway.

About 9 p.m. Thursday, a 72-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash at 14500 Hempstead near Windfern in northwest Houston. Police said the man, whose name has not been released, was driving a black Toyota Camry northbound on Hempstead when for an unknown reason he veered from the roadway and plowed into a ditch. Investigators said it was unclear if the man had a medical condition that may have caused the wreck.

A pedestrian was injured at about 10 p.m. Thursday when a car hit him at 5500 N. Shepherd near Albans in north Houston. The 64-year-old man was trying to cross the street when the driver of a black Toyota Camry that was traveling northbound on the road collided with him. The driver stopped.

Police said the pedestrian was not in a crosswalk. He was rushed to Ben Taub General Hospital. Police said he had head trauma, but his condition was not released.